The Confidence Book is easy to use. Most of the activities require very little pre-lesson analysis or preparation - just an open mind (or a number of them) - and a desire to let things happen. You could say that the book has its own natural order, progressing from students teaching each other their names, right through to teachers dealing with being observed.
The nature of propositions and the cognitive value of names have been the focal point of philosophy of language for the last few decades. The advocates of the causal reference theory have favored the view that the semantic contents of proper names are their referents. However, Frege’s puzzle about the different cognitive value of coreferential names has made this identification seem impossible. Geirsson provides a detailed overview of the debate to date, and then develops a novel account that explains our reluctance...
Particle Physics for Non-Physicists - A Tour of the Micro-cosmos
Would you like to know how the universe works? The science that has found many of the answers to that profound and age-old question is particle physics: the study of those impossibly tiny particles with unbelievably strange names: bosons and leptons, quarks and neutrinos. 12 lectures of 30 minutes - 165 mb - mp3
Perhaps in anticipation of the forthcoming film, here is yet another Beowulf, this one packaged as a graphic novel in the Graphic Myths & Legends series. Jumping through the story at a rapid clip, the clean, vivid panels capture the high drama, whether in depictions of the brave, stern hero or the well-fanged monsters he bests. The abbreviated text nods to the original's style and tone, although readers new to the tale may have trouble with the myriad difficult-to-pronounce names, included even for minor characters. Still, this remains an easily digestible introduction to one of the earliest ogre-and-dragon tales.
Going to the USA? Learn how to pronounce USA states and cities correctly with this PPT presentation + audio recordings of the cities and states' names by Author Lara De Ubago-Sia.
